Regional snowfall patterns in the high, arid andes

Climatic Change

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 413-423

  Vuille, Mathias ^a   Ammann, Caspar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; SNOWFALL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSITION BELT;

ANDES; CHILE;

EID: 0030815940     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005330802974     Document Type: Article

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